In the following essay I will be applying Arjun Appadurai’s theory of global cultural flows and social imagination to the two African hip hop case studies written by Kunzler and Badsha. I will be analysing the case studies with regard to Appadurai and his theories. Appadurai’s theory was to look at the effects of globalisation on culture and how it has affected the society. He makes five very important points towards global cultural flows. He thought of it as different streams that flow into and
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modern day society. Hip-hop is a genre of music that has significantly grown the last couple of decades. It’s increased popularity has brought it to the forefront of globalization. Since hip-hop has come to the forefront‚ it has changed. Hip-hop has revolutionized‚ it wasn’t always how many people see it today. It revolutionized into the sounds and tunes that we now hear and to what most people‚ more specifically the younger population‚ has grown to love about it today. Hip-hop first originated
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Rap was first known as “Hip Hop”. It was first created between 1960-1970 by African American and Latino youth living in the Bronx in New York. These youths were living in very poor conditions in the gang infested inner city. Originally it allowed these economically challenged youth to fantasize about getting out of poverty. It was a “rags to riches”. They were living in very violent areas and there was also a lot of gang activity. Hip Hop also exploited young African American girls and encouraged
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how music in this generation has changed our world. Paragraph 1: What does this paragraph tell you about how McBride feels about hip hop? He dislikes hip hop because he feels as if it isnt music‚ that all rappers are bad influences. Paragraph 1: What does McBride realize in this nightmare scenario? What McBride realizes is that he is going to live in a hip hop planet where everything is about music because his daughter is marrying a rapper. Paragraph 1: What do you predict
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Hip hop is now a popular kind of music and is known and liked throughout the world. This kind of music goes back to the 1970s‚ at that time it was an underground urban development. It was born in south Bronx‚ New York. As the hip-hop movement began at society’s margins‚ its origins are shrouded in myth‚ enigma‚ and obfuscation. music that is mostly rap‚ a rhyming speech that is chanted along with some music. It consists of a stylized rhythmic. The usage of literary devices and a lot of lyrics along
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Hip-hop Many view the influence of hip hop music and culture as negative‚ degrading‚ promoting crime and generating‚ a generation of reckless young individuals. I was among the many‚ however after viewing the documentary of “The Art of Rap” my perception has slightly changed. The five elements of hip hop which is knowledge‚ writing‚ emceeing‚ rhyming‚ and style‚ does make hip hop an art indeed‚ which I think‚ many artists have not considered the impact. So much of the language is degrading to
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Hip-Hop Artists: Role Models in the Music Industry Introduction: -Ice Breaker: Name and what is your favorite music artist? (preferably hip hop artist) -When you hear the term hip hop‚ what comes to mind? What is hip-hop? A culture and form of ground breaking music and self expression with elements that consisted of the elements of graffiti art‚ DJing‚ MCing‚ and breaking. It began in the 1970s as an underground movement in the South Bronx area of New York City. Hip hop is used as an
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Hip Hop is the great American paradox. A culture encompasses art‚ politics‚ and all things intertwined with urban life‚ and gives a platform for the populace of American poverty. Hip Hop is a blurred culture in the sense that it distinctly represents a social and ethnic class‚ and also indistinctly perceives a negative stereotype of these classes to a detached or unconcerned bystanders‚ that brandish Hip Hop as a dysphemism; an expression so substituted and contemptuous of themselves and to the greater
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The Influence of Hip-Hop on Young adults Hip-hop is a new type of music that has been gradually increasing in popularity in the past three decades And like other music it can be very influential‚ and hip-hop has been anything but short on that. From sculpting the way modern day youth speak and introducing words that are used in everyday talk nowadays to how the youth may even dress or act. But are these influences on our youth positive or negative? There are critics that argue that people who listen
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on the headlines are the bad and the ugly never the good. One picture that is often skewed by the media is that of hip hop. It is often heard that this genre is a negative influence on children‚ as the message put out by these rappers is not appropriate for today’s youth. The lifestyle is too violent and the lyrics are too harsh. All this is skewed in the wrong direction. As the hip hop genre is impactful and helpful for the youth of the world. The genre speaks to a variety of topics; from hard hitting
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